Red meat intake may increase the risk of colon cancer in Japanese, a population with relatively low red meat consumption

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-612

  Takachi, Ribeka ^a,b   Tsubono, Yoshitaka ^a   Baba, Keisuke ^c   Inoue, Manami ^a   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Japan; Meat; Prospective studies; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON TUMOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEAT; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84857095338     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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